[mythtv-users] pvr 350 +tuner +ivtv

Sat Feb 4 05:35:49 UTC 2006

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Art Fore
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 6:14 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] pvr 350 +tuner +ivtv
> 
> When I do a dmesg | grep ivtv, it shows type 47 tuner and shows
> everything loading properly. When I try to scantv, it comes up with
> invalid input television. Try motv it comes config invalid value to
> norm, NTSC-M, valid choises to 'norm': ntsc, pal, however, when I go to
> options, TV norm, ntsc is checked. Xawtv does not do much better, also
> no channel scan works. Tvtime comes up with invalid input. Have not
> found any of the config files for any of these programs even under my
> home director where they supposedly are.
> 
> Try hardware setup in YAST, TV card, it recognizes the card, but when I
> go to tuner, is says no tuner and scan channel starts to work but finds
> no output on any channel.
> 
> Cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg did work at one time, does no longer.
> 
> mythbackend starts, but now with YAST (Suse 10.0) If I try to watch TV
> with mythtvfrontend, I get a black screen.
> 
> ivtv is ver 4.1. NOTHING works with this and I am very confused, lost
> and frustrated. Read hundreds of items on google searches and just got
> more confused. Somethings are supposed to work with bttv & ivtv, but
> this is not a bttv card.
> 
> So, one last try before I give up. Does anyone have or know where and
> EXACT procedure is for a suse 2.6.13 kernel with ivtv-0k.4.1, pvr-350,
> and Nvidia FX 5500 video  card or how to go in a step by step procedure
> for troubleshooting?
> 
> dmesg | grep ivtv is below
> 
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.13-15.7-default 586 REGPARM gcc-4.0
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based)
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test.
> tveeprom: ivtv version
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
> tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
> saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
> saa7127 0-0044: ivtv driver
> saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
> msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
> tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 24 x 43200 buffers (1024KB
> total)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin firmware (155648 bytes)
> tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
> ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
> 

This is something that should be talked about in the IVTV mailing list.
As much as I want to help I do not see anything wrong in your dmesg. Your
provided grep matches my grep with 2 differences, 1 I'm using 0.4.2 and 2
mine does not have the line "i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed
test." In it at all.

Here is my full, non greped, IVTV section for comparison.

ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 SMP preempt PENTIUM4 gcc-3.4
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K168, serial# = 7336219
tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
saa7127 0-0044: ivtv driver
saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total)
ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 24 x 43200 buffers (1024KB total)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================